“A significant threat made towards the hospital they felt was of a serious concern. They immediately notified the RCMP. We immediately locked down the hospital until we could do a proper investigation into the threat. Within 35 minutes we identified the person and had him arrested without incident.”

Armstrong says the suspect arrested, a 39 year old Nanaimo man, was unarmed.

At this time RCMP are not releasing details on what the threat was or why it was made.